CIEL and the Ninth Biennial IASCP Conference

June 2002

The Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association of the Study for Common Property (IASCP) held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from June 17-21, 2002. The theme of the conference was "The Commons in an Age of Globalization."

In collaboration with the Zimbabwean Environmental Law Association (ZELA), CIEL organized a workshop on "Applying Theory on the Ground: Promoting Legal Recognition of Community-Based Property Rights, Including Common Property." With support from USAID and the Ford Foundation, CIEL also assisted partners from various nations in Africa and Asia with technical and financial assistance to assure their participation.

The 2004 biennial conference will be held in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in cooperation with IASCP is organizing a regional conference from July 11-14, 2003 on the "The Politics of the Commons: Articulating Development and Strengthening Local Practices." For more information on all of these events, please visit: www.iascp2002.org.